Motif
Animal disguised as a more fearsome animal is exposed by its voice
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A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Identity Disguises and Concealed Status. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
buddhist
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Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES. / INDEX 339 / INTRODUCTION.; lines 476-594 confidence: high
The hawker dresses the ass in a lion's skin, releases him in a barley-field, and the watchmen and villagers react fearfully, with villagers bringing weapons, chanks, and drums.
The ass is dressed in a lion's skin and feared, but his ass's cry reveals his identity.
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